Investing Profile

Daniel Leff

VCFounderInvestor

Founder & Managing Partner at Luminari Capital

waverleycapital.com/our-teamPalo Alto, California

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Networks Daniel is a member of

University of California, Berkeley Network

645 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Los Angeles Network

214 CONNECTIONS

MIT Sloan School of Management Network

188 CONNECTIONS

Intel Corporation Network

143 CONNECTIONS

UCLA Network

134 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Luminari Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$30.6M

Daniel Leff is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Media/Content (Seed)Media/Content (Series A)San Francisco Bay Area SaaS (Series A)SaaS (Seed)

Daniel Leff's Investments On Record (16)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Lil Snack	SeedApr 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Joshua Lu (Andreessen Horowitz), Ben Lerer (Lerer Hippeau)
Professional Fighters League	Series EMay 2022$30M	$140M
Co-investors: Ted Leonsis (Revolution), Edgar Bronfman Jr. (Waverley Capital), Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod Corp), Brandon Beck (Tapestry Capital Partners)
Credit Sesame	Series GJun 2021$51M Series FAug 2019$43M Series EOct 2017$27M Series DMay 2015$16M Series CJun 2012$12M	$160M
Co-investors: John Jarve (Menlo Ventures), Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), John Dougery (Inventus Capital Partners), Andy Lerner (IA Capital Group), David Jette (Innovent Capital Group)
Novel Effect	Series AMay 2018$3M	$3.1M
Co-investors: Aviel Ginzburg (Founders' Co-op), Nick Grouf (Alpha Edison), Edgar Bronfman Jr. (Waverley Capital)
fuboTV	Series DApr 2018$75M Series CJun 2017$55M Series BMar 2016$15M	$150M
Co-investors: Jason Krikorian (DCM Ventures), Pär-Jörgen Pärson (Nepasoft solutions)
DanceOn	Series UnknownOct 2013$4M	$4M
Nantero	Series DNov 2012$15M	$120M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Gregg Adkin (Moving Capital), Bruce Sachs (CRV (Charles River Ventures)), Bill Tai (Treasure Data), Steve Jurvetson (Baruch Future Ventures), Jennifer Fonstad (Owl Capital), Kay Min (Cisco Investments)
Adesto Technologies	Series DSep 2012$14M Series UnknownJun 2010$4M	$47M
Co-investors: Keith Crandell (ARCH Venture Partners)

Daniel Leff's Experience

Founder & Managing Partner Luminari Capital2013 - Present

Investor & Board Member ART19, an Amazon CompanyPresent

Investor & Board Member ART19, Inc.Present

Investor & Board Member Novel EffectPresent

Investor UpcomerPresent

Investor Upcomer eSportsPresent

Investor & Board Member ShareBear VenturesPresent

Investor & Board Member EndelPresent

Investor & Board Member CameraIQPresent

Investor EndelPresent

Investor & Board Member WonderyPresent

Member, Board of Directors UCLA Anderson School of ManagementPresent

Investor Headspace Inc.Present

Member, Board of Advisors UCLA Anderson School of ManagementPresent

Investor dot.LAPresent

Member, Board of Directors The Riordan ProgramsPresent

Member, Board of Directors UCLA Anderson Center for Media, Entertainment, & SportsPresent

Investor and Board Observer VolleyPresent

Investor and Board Member Professional Fighters LeaguePresent

Founder & Managing Partner Waverley CapitalPresent

Co-Founder & Managing Partner Waverley CapitalPresent

Manager, Strategic Investments Intel CorporationPresent

Senior Associate Sevin Rosen FundsPresent

Partner Globespan Capital Partners2008 - 2013

Executive Vice President & Managing Director Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ : TINY)2004 - 2007

Venture Consultant Redpoint Ventures2000 - 2001

Daniel Leff's Education

University of California, Berkeley B.S. Chemistry

University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. Physical Chemistry

UCLA Ph.D. Physical Chemistry

UCLA Anderson School of Management MBA Finance and Entrepreneurship

MIT Sloan School of Management Executuve Education Certification Cybersecurity Governance For The Board Of Directors

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